Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira district has trained 20 medical workers from different health facilities to conduct the Rapid Diagnostic Tests – RDTs for Covid-19. The health workers are from Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Pentecostal Assemblies of God health center IV, Amach and Ogur health center IV. The training …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa said the death toll from the pandemic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bars and clubs across the country are continuing to operate behind closed doors during day and night despite the ban by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus. The government shut down bars and clubs in March last year on orders of President Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked the Ministry of Health to be keen on who they accredit from the private sector to be importers of the Covid-19 vaccine. This comes amidst piling pressure on the Ministry by the private sector to be allowed to avail doses for …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Institute of Health-NIH is calling upon researchers to involve pregnant mothers while studying COVID-19 vaccines. This follows a just-published study by the Institute that shows pregnant people are at increased risk of hospitalization and have a 3-fold adjusted relative risk of needing intensive …

Maputo, Mozambique | Xinhua | The Manhica Health Research Center in Mozambique announced on Wednesday that it will start a survey to assess the efficacy of the Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) tuberculosis vaccine against COVID-19. According to the scientific director of CISM, Francisco Saute, research on the BCG vaccine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda continues battling community infections, some individuals have resorted to paying hospital and mortuary staff for negative coronavirus reports for their loved ones who have succumbed to the pandemic. This comes almost three months after the Health Ministry stopped conducting burials for COVID-19 victims …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government could face challenges establishing the rightful recipients of the much-needed jab against the COVID-19 virus if extra caution is not taken to close loopholes. Uganda is expecting more than 20 million doses of vaccines at the end of this month according to a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 virus that has infected over 100 million people globally causing at least 2,327,231 deaths did not start in a laboratory according to a report released by the World Health Organization. The report shows that the virus is predominant in bats and as such …